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Criteria for "priority" residence NSC checks

Grant Johnson made this Official Information request to New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

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From: Grant Johnson

Dear New Zealand Security Intelligence Service,

In an 21 October 2022 article on RNZ by Gill Bonnett (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4770...), NZSIS supplied information regarding the average response times for a National Security Check (NSC) for applicants for residency visas.

The article includes the following quote:
"[NZSIS's] data showed its average response time for a NSC check was 23 days. Citizenship requests were responded to on average after two days, while 'priority' residence visas took 38. Residence 2021 category took 46, while 'routine residence visas including Residence 2021' took 66."

Can you please clarify what you meant by the word "priority" here? Is there a set of criteria used in determining which residence visa applications qualify as "priority" for the purposes of a NSC check? If so, what are those criteria? Or are there certain residency visa categories that receive a blanket designation as "priority", and if so, what are those categories?

In addition, can you please provide a copy of the same data that was supplied to the author of that article in connection to NSC response times?

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Grant Johnson

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·         a New Zealand citizen; or

·         a permanent resident of New Zealand; or

·         a person who is in New Zealand; or

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Dear OIA Privacy,

This request was made via the website fyi.org.nz, which is open to the entire NZ public and is operated by a NZ organisation.

To see the request itself, you can view: https://fyi.org.nz/request/21056-criteri...

I believe this should satisfy your request, and I look forward to receiving the information requested.

Yours sincerely,

Grant Johnson

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From: Grant Johnson

Dear OIA Privacy,

This request was made via the website fyi.org.nz, which is open to the entire NZ public and is operated by a NZ organisation.

To see the request itself, you can view: https://fyi.org.nz/request/21056-criteri...

I believe this should satisfy your request, and I look forward to receiving the information requested.

Yours sincerely,

Grant Johnson

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New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Kia ora Grant

This is to advise that the NZSIS has made a decision on your request and will provide you with the information. We will get our substantive response to you without undue delay.

Kind regards
NZSIS

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Kia ora Gant

The Director-General's response to your request is attached.

Kind regards
NZSIS

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